March 2020 Newsletter

Can you spot Cruz and Ben in this Sunday School photo?  Every Sunday, at the end of the worship services, the kids all go up front and present what they learned that day.  It always includes a song, a memory verse, and a review of their lesson.  I love hearing them sing and talk about the Bible. This month will you join us in praying for Sunday School teachers everywhere who patiently invest in children each week.  I taught children's Sunday School for many years.  I know that it is not always easy.  Let's specifically lift up the teachers this month and pray for the hearts of the children they are sharing the Gospel with. We visit different churches regularly trying to build relationships with the pastors and congregations. Pray for us as we make connections in different areas and look for ways to best partner our US churches there.  Pray that we would be a great source of encouragement to the pastors and their wives.  As we invest in them, our prayer is that they would be more refreshed to invest in others.

Our February team ended up having to postpone so instead we spent that week hosting two of our IMB leaders.  They represent the two roles that we currently serve under.  We are still a part of the Indigenous Team and continue our work with the Chorti from a distance.  We also serve on the Connections Team and host US volunteers through Americas Connect. We try our best to keep a balance between the two. They spent several days with us seeing our work area, offering advice, wisdom, and greatly encouraging our family.  We are thankful for the time our leaders take to pour into the families they serve. We enjoyed a restful weekend in Panajachel, Guatemala attending an annual missions conference for all English speaking missionaries serving in Guatemala.  It is a great time to make connections with others who serve here as well as for our kids to get to play together.  You can read more about our weekend at the Intermissions Conference on a recent blog post I wrote. We ended the month celebrating my birthday. My guys made me feel extra special all day long. We are making preparations for an upcoming team from our home church, Harmony Baptist in Crystal Springs, MS.  We are looking forward to their arrival and getting to work alongside them.  Pray for a safe, healthy week for each of them.  They will be here serving with us March 6-12. As of now, all of our 2020 team dates have been booked.  Beginning in early June we will have a team almost every other week until late October.  It is going to be busy days ahead!!  This will take a lot of planning, preparing, organizing, and praying on our end. Pray for us as we look for places to partner these groups, line up logistics for them, and get them registered and prepared to come. We are excited about all of the volunteers that will be coming down to serve this year!  What a great opportunity we will have to expose them to missions and help them find ways to go deeper in their missions involvement.  Join us in praying that God would call out full time servants from these short term volunteers. Our calendar is wide open for Spring and Summer 2021.  If you think you might be interested in coming please get in touch with us.  We would love to help plan your trip. Every church. Every nation. from IMB on Vimeo. Every church.  Every nation. We are able to do so much more together than if we were chasing this vision alone.  www.imb.org